Gulliver's Travels (The World's Classics)

Swift, Jonathan

ISBN 10: 0192817558 / ISBN 13: 9780192817556

Published by Oxford University Press, U.S.A., 1987

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Bibliographic Details

Title: Gulliver's Travels (The World's Classics)

Publisher: Oxford University Press, U.S.A.

Publication Date: 1987

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis:

Since Swift's greatest work first appeared in 1726 it has been recognized internationally as a masterpiece, and George Orwell was hardly exaggerating when he rated it among the six most indispensable books in world literature.

Review:

"Gulliver's Travels is a timeless work, but Allan Ingram's edition reminds us that it's a timely one, too. His introduction, notes, and appendices put the eighteenth century's greatest satire in a wide variety of contexts--biographical, historical, political, scientific, and literary--giving us an ideal edition for classroom use. No edition does a better job of explaining Swift's masterpiece as a product of its age."--Jack Lynch, Rutgers University

"This new edition of Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels provides both first-time and return readers with a well-constructed framework within which to place a familiar work. Allan Ingram's engaging introduction deftly combines a summary of contemporary controversies over politics, religion, learning, science, and Ireland, with a summary of Swift's life and a history of the composition, publication, and critical reception of the Travels. The footnotes to the text anticipate the kinds of knowledge a twenty-first-century reader might lack: the outmoded usage of a single word or the identity of an individual, as well as references to broader issues and ideas. Ingram observes that Swift 'asks the kinds of questions of his readers to which we have few answers.' His edition will enable readers to carry on the debate about those questions."--Melinda Alliker Rabb, Brown University